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V'. A. BUTLER. BROOM RACK. APPLICATION FI LED MAYI4, I919- Patented Oct.28, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VIOLA A'V IS BUTLER,,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Bacon-BACK To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, VIOLA Avis BUTLER, a citizen of the, United States,resid' at New York'city, in the county of New ork and State of New York,have invented cerand which is of considerable use in kitchens V wherecloset room is limited or omitted. Another object of this invention isthe provision of a support or rack of the above stated character, whichshall be simple, durable and eflicient, and which may be manufacturedand old at a comparatively small cost. a

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in cer-- tain novelfeatures of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of. my invention, reference is to be had tothe follow= ing description, and accompanying drawin in which:

igure 1 is a perspective view of a rack or support constructed inaccordance with my invention, v

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectlonal view of the same.

Referring in detail to the drawings, th numeral 1 indicates a board orbody of the support or rack which has secured to its upper edge and ateach end hooks 2 adapted to fit into eyelets driven or otherwise securedinto the walls or doors of a room. The board or body 1 is provided withrelatively spaced vertically disposed openings 3 extending from thelower edge to the upper edge there- Spccification of Letters Patent.

Application flled Kay 14, 1918 Serial No. 297,052.

of and adapted to receive clamps 4. The clamps 4 are each identical/inconstruction :fid reference to one is thought suflicientfor The clamp 4is preferably constructed of resilient material which is bent to form aspring portion 5 having parallel arms 6 that are disposed or locatedwithin the opening 3 being held therein by the arms having fnctionalcontact with the wall of the opening under the influence of the springportion 5. The ends'of the arms 6 are disposed at right angles andextcr'iorly of the opening to form shanks 7 the ends of which are ofsubstantially arcuate sha e to form jaws 8. A ring or band 9 is slida 1eupon the shanks 7, for limiting the outward movement of the shank 7 andjaws 8 with relation to each other and wh1ch is adapted to cause thejaws 8 to move in the direction of each other for clampin a broom handleor like article placed there tween when said band or ring is fed ormoved in the direction of the jaws, thus firmly clamping the broomhandle, If,

,for any reason, it is desired to remove the the arm porclamps 4 fromthe openings 3, tion 6 may be moved in the direction of each other bysqueezing upon their extreme lower ends whereby the entire clamp can bepulled outwardly of the opening of the body or board 1.

The v'bodyor board 1 has secured to its lower edge relatively spacedhooks 10 and which hooks are positioned between the clamp 4 for thepurpose of supporting or holdin dust cloths, and like article or may beuse for supporting cooking utensils if desired,

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will gbe understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of part may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the inventlon as claimed.

Having thus described I claim is A support comprising a body having veryinvention, what tically disposed openings, resllient clamps includingspring portions and relatively spaced arms disposed Within the openings,Walls of the openings under the influence of said arms having theirlower ends disposed the spring portions,

at right angles to form shanks, said shanks In testimony whereof I aifixmy signature having their ends bent arcuately to form in presence of twoWitnesses.

jaws adapted to grip a broom handle, a VIOLA AVIS BUTLER. ring slidableupon the shanks for forcing Witnesses: the jaws toward and from eachother, said BERNARD LEHMAN,

arms adapted to frictionaily engage the RUBY REALBERG.

